CVE-2026-91166

Warpgate: Web SSH stores a jump host's key against the target's address, so it validates as the target

MEDIUM
5.7
CVSS Score
Published: September 21, 2026 at 06:53 PM UTC
Updated: September 24, 2026 at 11:19 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorWarpgate

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Severity
MEDIUM5.7
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.2%
SSVC
PoC

Description

Warpgate is an open source SSH, HTTPS and MySQL bastion host for Linux. From 0.25.0 until 0.27.6, the browser SSH path in warpgate-web-ssh/src/manager.rs handles RCEvent::HostKeyUnknown without the presenting hop identity and instead passes ssh_options.host and ssh_options.port for the final target to KnownHosts::trust. In Prompt and AutoAccept modes, a jump host key can therefore be stored for the target address. A machine later presenting the jump host key at the target address can be accepted as the target, allowing interception of user traffic and a newly issued certificate when certificate authentication is used. The native SSH path is unaffected because it tracks each hop separately. This issue is fixed in version 0.27.6.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

v < 0.27.6
Affected range stops below 0.27.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

SSVC — Action Prioritization

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CVSS

5.7MEDIUMGitHub_M
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Complexity
HIGH
Privileges
HIGH
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusDEFERRED
CWE
CWE-297CWE-923

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